Hello It's Me Carly

Hello everyone it's me Carly. Barry had to go out of town to LA for a wedding. Barry's co-producer
Kevin Jackson is renewing his wedding vows to his wife of thirty five years Amy. Kevin and Amy
asked Barry to sing at their wedding. Barry's singing The Best Of Me as Amy walks down the aisle. He asked me to fill you fans in on the latest skinny. The weekend in Canada signup is now closed. There are a total of seven hundred and fifty fans coming to that. The Weekend In Canada is Friday March 10th thru Sunday March 12th.The hotels are the Hilton Quebec City and the Hyatt Regency Montreal. The BMIFC and Barry have added another seminar to the convention next year.  That seminar will be all about producing an album. It will be taught by Barry and his co-producer Kevin Jackson. Kevin was the  co-producer behind Showstoppers, Barry Manilow, Here At The Mayflower,  Night Song, New York State Of Mind, Something's Comin'  Up, Here At The Mayflower II and Keep Each Other Warm. On the horizon is Manilow Live At The Palladium two disc set. That will be cued from his Palladium run. It will be a CD/DVD and a booklet. Then next summer during the three nights at Red Rocks Amphitheatre David Taylor will be video taping all three nights for a three disc concert set  Barry hopes to have Manilow Live At The Palladium CD, DVD and booklet out next April. Then Barry Manilow Live At Red Rocks three disc DVD will be out next November just in time for Christmas. That will make perfect Christmas gifts for your favorite Barry Buddies.  Barry also mentioned something about maybe taping his Radio City Music Hall New Years Eve show on Saturday December thirty first. Knowing Barry he'll definitely do it. Barry also mentioned he enjoys asking you fans questions. Especially when he asks about your favorite songs. The latest Barry Q as Barry likes to call them is. First go back and look at his Showstoppers album. Besides the songs on that album. Can you name another song from a Broadway musical that you like? Future reference for Showstoppers II. Yes I know Barry once said he'd never do another show tunes album again. Well he's changed his mind. The reason I did go to LA is because this is my weekend to work. Also next month I'm taking two weeks off for a vacation with Barry. Now Barry will be back Sunday evening.
I'm going to let you go. I've three dogs Max, Bailey and Bialy who need to out. Barry sends everyone his love.
Carly

Facebook Post September 12.

Hi Gang It's me Barry again. I know what your thinking. Didn't he just post a message on Facebook? Yes I did but I have some more news to share with all of you. The news is that I'm going to be on the October cover of Keyboard magazine. I'm talking about my latest album Here At The Mayflower II (Many more stories inside.) I've also partnered with Yamaha to create my own piano. It's a Yamaha B17 Avant Grand piano in glossy black. Keyboard magazine is giving readers a chance to win one of my Yamaha B17 Avant Grand pianos signed by me. Plus the winner will get a copy of Here At The Mayflower II (Many more stories inside.) on vinyl. Then next July during the convention you'll get to meet Jay Benson the head of my One Voice Foundation. The One Voice Foundation was created to give animals a voice that they don't get. The One Voice Foundation raises money for these animal charities. America's Vetdogs, Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition and Guide Dogs For The Blind. Now if you remember last year I asked you a question about love songs. The question was Name five love songs that I sang or wrote? While I was over in London I went into the Abbey Road Studios with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to record a love song album called Keep Each Other Warm. Drum roll please Side one 1. Keep Each Other Warm 2. Where Or When 3.Some Sweet Day 4.I Just Want To Be The One In Your Life 5. Something Tells Me 5. Who Needs To dream. Side two 1. Love Is Where You Find It 2. Could It Be Magic 3. With My Lover Beside me 4. Twenty Four Hours A Day 5. No other Love 6. Sweet Heaven 7. You Oughta Be Home With Me. That album is in the mastering studio and will be out right before Christmas on Tuesday December nineteenth. The last time I asked you all a question was in two thousand fourteen. I asked you to name five songs that I wrote and produced for Brian Murphy? That was from the following albums  Brian Murphy, Brian Murphy II, Tryin' To Get The Feeling, This One's For You, Brian Murphy Live, Even Now, Brian Murphy Greatest Hits Vol I, Brian, If I Should Love Again, Brian Live In Britain and Here Comes The Night. Which many of you fans did. Then I took the ones with the most votes and gave them jazz arrangements, Then at the end of two thousand fourteen I put out the album Something's Comin' Up. It was only sold thru the BMIFC just like Keep Each Other Warm will be. I have a few other little things I'm  working on. All of those even Carly doesn't know about. One of those project will be coming out next year. It's a book called On The Road With Barry Manilow. It's photos from my touring travels all wrapped up in a coffee table book. McGraw Hill is the publisher of the book which comes out in November of next year. It's photos from my travels starting in nineteen eighty four Paradise Café Tour to the two thousand seventeen Manilow Live Tours. The March Canadian and the June thru August US summer tours. I'm including them too since I'm going by tour bus again. Ever since I started touring in nineteen eighty four I took a camera with me to take photos. Marc Hulett handled the video recorder. So maybe in the future me, Marc and David will go through the video tapes and do a compilation DVD boxed set. Disc one the eighties, disc two the nineties, disc three two thousands disc four two thousand ten. I bet you would love that wouldn't you. Me going by private jet, being a tourist, sound checks before the shows, back stage getting ready and ETC. Would Brian Murphy do that kind of stuff ? I don't think so. He's not as fan friendly as I am. Beside he's decided to quit touring. The late planes, lousy room service and the hotels. His biggest problem is he never took me (Brian Murphy) time. I've always made time for me (Barry Alan Manilow). Every year I took a vacation. Whether it was here in the US or going over seas. I've gone by airplane, Amtrak, car and cruise ships. I don't get motion sickness like Brian does. So going on a cruise is fine with me. In fact I did one of Dave Koz's & Friends At Sea cruises. It was back in two thousand thirteen. We cruised the Mediterranean and Italy, Greece and Sicily were are ports of call. The cruise was in September the twenty second thru the twenty ninth. Dave uses the Royal Caribbean cruise line and the ship was the Navigator Brian hates doing stuff with his fans.  I was a guest at one of his fan clubs conventions. He kept telling me not to get to friendly with his fans.His manager Gregory Knoffler told me Brian hates connecting with the public. Me I'm the exact opposite I love connecting with the public. Brian doesn't quite understand that the public got him where he is today a successful pop recording artist. Look at me I'm just rambling on again. I do that from time to time. Well I better get back to what I was doing. Oh yeah that's what I was doing looking a the final draft of my On The Road With Barry Manilow coffee table book before it goes to the printers. As Rachel Ray says "See you when I see you."
Love,
Barry

More Fan Voted Albums.

One thing Barry loves to do is to asked fans questions dealing with what songs they like. He asked the fans What songs that he produced for Brian Murphy did they like? Barry then took those songs and gave them jazz arrangements. Barry took those jazzed arranged songs and put out Something's Comin' Up. Then he asked the fans for their favorite love songs that he wrote or recorded.  So he's
putting out on December nineteenth his Keep Each Other Warm love song album.

The Joy Of Having A Puppy Times Three.

Barry's co-producer Kevin McGuire has two Labrador Retrieves A male name Theo and a female named Claire. Claire earlier this spring had a litter of puppies six in all. Four boys and two girls. So the joys of having a puppy times three. Yes you heard that right two new puppies of their own. Also one new puppy being raised for America's Vetdogs. In early January Carly's nineteen year old Beagle Charlie died. Barry promised Carly a dog for her birthday in March. Then in August while Barry was in the UK his Labrador Retriever Maggie died. Carly told Barry he was a two dog kind of guy since he usually had two dogs  at one time. Kevin  McGuire who was one of Barry's friends had a dog who just had a litter of puppies. Kevin's dog was a female Labrador Retriever had a litter  of six puppies. Four boys and two girls. Theo was  a dark yellow color and Claire was a pale yellow color. Carly chose one of the pale yellow puppies. She named him Bailey. Once Barry got home he called Kevin to see if there were any puppies left. Kevin said there were two left. the oldest a male and the runt a female. Barry chose the female who was also a pale yellow. He named her Bialy. Now once again there would be three dogs in their house. Max, Bailey and Bialy three Labrador Retrievers. Max the male black Labrador Retriever with brown eyes. Bailey the red male Labrador Retriever with brown eyes. Bialy the female champagne Labrador Retriever with blue eyes. Barry explained to Kevin about his dog Maggie passing away. So that's why I'm getting another dog Barry said.  Actually there would be four dog in the house. Barry's male black Labrador Retriever Max age four. His female pale yellow Labrador Retriever Bialy age six months. Carly's pale yellow Labrador Retriever Bailey age six months. Bailey and Bialy are brother and sister. Also a dark reddish colored Labrador Retriever male named Radar age four months.

Facebook post September 10, 2016

Hi Gang

It's me Barry again. Since I'm such an open book. I thought you needed to know my dog Maggie passed away. Maggie passed away while I was in the UK. Carly called me long distance to tell me that happened Then she said I was a two dog kind of guy. I asked her what did you you mean by that? She said most of the time you always had two dogs in your house. There was the Beagles Bagel and Biscuit. The Labrador Retrievers Casey, Pepper, Salt, Snickers, Maggie and Max. I thought about it and you know she's right I am a two dog kind of guy. So I now have a new puppy. A female yellow Labrador Retriever named Bialy. I named her Bialy after a Jewish bread product. It's made from the same dough as a Bagel is. Except it's not boiled like a bagel is. Nor does it have a hole in the center. Instead it has an indentation that's filled with either sautéed onion or poppy seeds. They're  now also filled with sesame seeds, cinnamon cream cheese  with out without raisins, pimento cheese spread  and asiago cheese spread. Above is my new little puppy Bialy. Bialy gets along fine with our other  dogs. My Labrador Retriever Max and Carly's Labrador Retriever puppy male named Bailey. Oh and yes Bialy's has baby blue eyes. Then if your thinking her fur is too light to be yellow it's more of a pale yellow. It's time to let Bialy, Bailey and Max to their sniffing and such.

Love and sloppy wet kisses from me

Bazza

25 Questions

1. If I weren't a songwriter/recording artist, I'd be:
A writer
2. Best career advice I've gotten:
Do what you love.
3. The three qualities that got me where I am today:
Perseverance, determination, gratitude,
4. Moment I felt I made it:
When my first musical Copacabana made it on Broadway.
5: Kind of work I'd do for free:
If Rachel Ray need an extra hand in her TV studio kitchen I'd be there.
6. What does your career look like in five years:
Great since I'll still be doing what love making music.
7. Changes I'd like to see in my industry:
More original Broadway theatrical productions and less non original musicals.
8. Who I admire:
John F. Kennedy
9. Last thing I binge-watched:
Travel channel's Baggage Battles.
10. Book that left a lasting impression on me:
The Power and Myth by Joseph Campbell
11. Song that always makes me cry
Send In The Clowns from A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim.
12. Movie with the greatest ending:
Flower Drum Song movie musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.
13. Song I'd want played at my funeral:
Puttin' On The Ritz.
14. On my bucket list:
Doing a coffee table book filled with photos of my favorite places to visit.
15. If I could live in a foreign country, It would be:
Australia
16. What should every man try once in his lifetime?
Cooking a meal.
17. My perfect day begins:
By watching the sun come up.
18. My perfect day ends.
Cuddling on the couch with my wife Carly.
19. One thing I'm, exceptionally good at:
Making Snickerdoodle cookies
20. One thing I'm exceptionally bad at:
Roller skating.
21. My first kiss
Was at Maxine Hearst's party. That's when I kissed Maxine on the lips behind her sofa.
22. The three qualities I thought I wanted in a partner:
Sense of humor, caring and the ability to create things
23. Three qualities I now know matter:
Honesty, love and support.
24. The craziest thing I did for love:
Nothing is crazy when your totally in love with someone.
25. What my high school girlfriend would say about me:
I always knew you weren't gay. Even when others thought you were.

I'm Back!

Hi Gang

It's me Barry I'm back from the UK. The Palladium run was sold out every night. I had a blast making music for all my UK friends. Here At The Mayflower opened at the Palladium to rave reviews. The above is the new tour poster for my concert tour called MANILOW LIVE. I'm bringing an orchestra with me this road trip. The should be  fun and real blast. We're bringing the tour buses out of storage. Yes we're going by tour bus again next year. We had a blast last year when we road tripped. I even got to drive one of the tour buses. So get ready Canada and the US because we're coming at you. I'm

playing  Quebec City, Montreal, Toronto, Manitoba, Regina, Edmonton and Vancouver. Tickets for the Canadian dates will go sale this coming December. Then next summer get ready US fans because I'm doing the outdoor venues or sheds as I like to call them. I start that road trip In Mansfield MA at the Xfinity Center and I end it in Auburn WA at White River Amphitheater. Red Rocks Amphitheater Denver and the Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles  are the only two venues where I'm doing more than one show. Head on over to the BMIFC website, my website or my Facebook page for all the details.

While I was in London Marc my manager came over to see some  of my shows and to tell me some exciting news. The exciting  news is that I've been asked to open and preform at the two thousand eighteen Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux Switzerland. WOW! What an honor that is. I'll have to polish off all my Jazz songs. Now I haven't forgotten about you guys down under in Australia and New Zealand. I'll be in your countries some time in two thousand eighteen. I'm also going to bring a touring company of  my musical Here At The Mayflower down there. Me , BMIFC director Alicia and convention coordinator Pamela are looking into to have a BMIFC convention down under in two thousand eighteen. We're going to let you BMIFC members decided on our convention city  Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane. Once you pick the city I'll look into get the hotel. Now on the home front our family got a little bigger by one. Yes we have a new family member named Bailey. Bailey is a one year old male Golden Retriever.  Bailey happens to be Carly's doggie. He fist in very nicely into our

family. Maggie and Max have a new friend to play with. Now don't forget the BMIFC convention in Denver next year. Wednesday July fifth thru Sunday July ninth at the Sheraton Downtown. I'm going to be there are you? Then remember "It's Just Another New Years Eve." NYE in NYC at RCMH Wednesday  December twenty eighth thru Sunday January first. So why not spend your New Years Eve with me Barry in New York New York. One more thing before I break for lunch. Next March two thousand seventeen the BMIFC and I have planed a Canadian weekend surrounding two of my Canadian concerts Quebec City and Montreal. I'm playing the Colsee Pepsi in Quebec on Friday March tenth  and the Centre Bell in Montreal on Sunday March twelfth .  So mark your calendars for Friday March tenth thru Sunday March twelfth. That when we have our "Weekend In Canada." I've already got the hotels lined up for both Quebec City and Montreal. Quebec City is the Hilton Quebec 1100 Boulevard Rene' Levsquel E, Ville Quebec QCGR4P3, Canada. Room rate is one hundred and twenty five dollars. Montreal is the Hyatt Regency 1255 Rue Jeanne-Mance, Montreal QCH5B 1ES, Canada. Room rate is one hundred and thirty dollars. To get from Quebec to Montreal you will take Canada's Via-Rail. Vis-Rail tickets are very cheep We will have an Italian night in Quebec which I will attend. And yes five lucky BMIFC members will get to sit at my table. Then in Montreal we'll have a Q&A brunch. There again five lucky BMIFC members will get to sit at my table. Information on the "Weekend In Canada" in March two thousand seventeen is up on my Facebook page and the BMIFC website. I've got to let the dogs out and eat lunch.

Love a sloppy wet kisses,

Barry